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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Hall of Fame!

This post was planned to go live first thing this morning. But Blogger had other plans. Like, not letting me load pictures the way I wanted to. So instead, you have the 'official' inside view of my market brochure featuring:

HALL OF FAME

my newest collection for Michal Miller

There are so many things I want to tell you about this collection so I'm just going to dive right in. (If you get bored just skim over it! :o)

First, I never intended for a rainbow, but as I was rearrnging the prints into a nice format the the brochure this is what happened and I love it. I have a fun 'retro' project I'm trying to figure out using several of the prints. It will most likely be a blog-only special. I'll probably show it sometime late winter when Hall of Fame is shipping to stores!

My inspiration for this collection came from vintage high school photos. I love the look and feel of these pictures. And although most were in black and white I could imagine what the colors were. I wanted to bring that feeling into a collection, yet have it feel modern all at the same time.

Obviously this collection has a more masculine feel- we need that in this industry. The colors, shades, and prints were all chosen to speak to a broad audience with a focus on the 8-30 male population. Colors can be mixed and matched to form almost any combination of 'team' colors.

There are a few focus prints that have a general sports theme. The pennants print is one of my FAVE's right now!

Of course I had to add some simple plaids and a fun multi-stripe. The 'sport spots' (or cheerios- as I often call them) are super playful and fun.

The ticking prints are reminiscent of those vintage sports but have a contemporary feel to them. I also designed some 'almost' solids with a slight tone-on-tone texture to mix and match with the rest.

Another of my favorite prints are the ones with numbers all over them. I'm a sucker for anything with type on them. LOVE these!

In the days to come I plan to show you the fun new patterns I've designed with the prints. They are so fun to work with. Want to see just how fun!? Leave a comment telling me your favorite print and you'll be entered to win a bundle of 10 fat quarters from this collection!!! I'll pick winners (yes, more than one!) on friday 11/18.

I absolutely love this fabric!! I am currently working on ideas for quilts to make my two brothers for Christmas, and I believe this fabric would be a great! I absolutely love the print that looks like pennants. :)

I am loving dots right now & yours are extra special! Love those with the red background best. Dots go so well with lots of blocks, as borders & definitely as backing. Great collection - thanks for sharing and thanks for the chance to win some!

I'm loving the penant fabric. Hurrah for some masculinity in the fabric world. I'd love to have a bunch of this, and Going Coastal to make quilts for my guys. (3 sons, and 3 brothers, and 2 brother-in-laws)

oh my goodness. you want me to pick a favorite?!? I'm loving the numbers. The "cheerios", The "pennants". The plaids! Ackk! I'll go with the numbers as my top favorite! Thank you for a chance to win. :-)

OH. WOW. Seriously. LOVE it. We are big football fans here (High School & College) and last week was my son's last high school game...so feeling a little nostalgic...I decided to make him a quilt. I swear, those are the colors I was looking for! OK, favorite, ack...Sorry, I can't pick. Love them all!

love love love this collection! my favorite is the multi-color stripe...and the pennants...love the idea of having so many colors in a male-friendly collection! thank you so much for the opportunity to win!

My favorites are the cheerios and the pennants - the ones in the third row and third column of the photos (the ninth fabric in each). At first I called the cheerios lifesavers. These are indeed more masculine yet strongly geometric so appeals to me too. Thanks for the chance ANDCONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW LINE!

Oh gosh - a favorite? I'm digging the more solid colors cause they seem perfect for a teacher gift that's brewing in my head. Course then I see the multicolors that bring everything together so well... hard to decide.

Oh, the pennant print is my favorite...and I so need to win this...my 16 year old son is still sleeping with a Debbie Mumm Sports themed quilt made by me for him about 12 years ago...these fabrics would be perfect for an updated "guy" quilt!

Being a mother with 4 boys, I'm glad to see more boy stuff! KUDOS!! There isn't one in the bunch I don't like. stripes.....yum. circles....awesome. pennants.....fantastic. plaids....wonderful.speckles....delicious!

My fav is the cheerio print - especially the teal/aqua background print. I love how you tell the stories of how you come up with these designs - you make the process come to life! Congratualations on another great line :)

Love this collection ~ I need something a little masculine for my beginning of the year project ~ my favorite are the ticking prints. Can't wait for this line to come out. (Also, loved your description of this line.)

Oh how I would have loved to have had these fabrics when my son was home. He was an athlete all through high school and college and I see tons of possibilities with this collection. My favorite? hmmmmm....well I LOVE the numbers, and the cheerios...heck I love them all. I can sure see myself making something for that precious little grandson of mine. He would LOVE this! Thank you for the chance at an awesome giveaway!

Congratulations on another home run! The new line is fabulous! So fresh and masculine and very much needed as there is way too much pink in everything these days. I quite like the speckley ones and the numbers and the ticking and the stripes. You only asked for one but how can I possibly narrow it down when the whole line is perfection!!

YAY!! a more masculine line indeed!! having girls everywhere! we are looking forward to a grandson and these prints will be great!! My favorite, although how can anyone choose, would be the grey stripes~so soft for a baby boy's quilt or tiny suit!! Thanks for your generosity!! ~xo~

What a fabulous line! I have 3 boys, and these prints are perfect! They're not babyish, or too graphic, they're just right. My favorite? The yellow diagonal plaid. I also love the stripes. It's all just so great!

Oh, wow! what a great line of fabrics! I LOVE the cheerios, and am thankful someone used that word to describe them. I was struggling. lol (Thought about those ring notebook reinforcer thingys.) But, I love the numbers, too, and the stripes! Thanks for the chance to win the bundle!!!

My favorite is the navy ticking. My daughter is 23 and adopted from S. Korea. While waiting for her arrival, I made her crib bedding. I made the dust ruffle, bumper pads and part of her quilt with navy ticking. Still reminds me of that baby girl.

Your new fabric line is great, I love the colors of it. And you are right, we need more masculine fabrics. I don't know that I can choose a "fave" out of them all, but I really like the pennant print. I just love them all, the colors are so perfect.

I really like both colorways. The plaids are great, but I am leaning towards the numbers. I enlarged my screen and could see the background to the numbers, which has a little bit of an "old" look to it. I also like the one with the tiny scattered dots. Those will make great blenders!

Are you kidding? These are actually up for a giveaway? THat is one lucky person....I love the diamonds and stripes!!! These colors are so bold and perfect for kids playrooms and toys! Great for playing and learning! My 2 boys would love them...wink wink Kerihag AT Yahoo DOT Com

Ok so I like, the numbers...nooo, the banner print, oops just noticed the stripes awlays love me some stripes, but the cheerios are so welllll, cheery so I'm gonna go with the .....????? cue the crickets while I think some more.....ok the numbers. I'm a numbers kinda girls so yup it's the banner print. I love decisive people

I think the plaids are my favorite. I have been searching for plaids lately that are a little more modern than traditional - it's tough! A very close second favorite would be the numbers. But really, I like them all!

I am a sucker for plaid and strips and polka dots- I really love the pennants. I have my dad's collection and intend to put them up in my 8 year old's room (they are waiting in the closet. I have three boys and am expecting my fifth so it is awesom to see all these great boy prints!! There really aren't as many to choose from. Good for you with your second collection.teancum09(at)gmail(dot)com.

I like the numbers best, I think. I knew you loved print and giggled to myself about it. The font screams Emily. I like the subtle color contrast and offset sizing. Thanks for doing something for the boys. I've really struggled with that.

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